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Swan falls in love with a tractor
German hotelier claims his eight-year-old bird, called Swanny, has been obsessed with the machine for yearsThey say that opposites attract. But can a bird ever find love with a piece of agricultural...
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Pair found guilty of trying to sell child for £35,000
Man, 48, and woman, 29, arrested after being exposed offering to sell 11-month-old girl as slave in a newspaper stingTwo people have been found guilty of trying to sell an 11-month-old girl as a...
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National Express rebel claims support of second-largest shareholder
Spain's Cosmen family reported to be backing US hedge fund seeking shakeup of transport groupNational Express is heading for another boardroom showdown with its second largest shareholder, the Spanish...
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Geoffrey Clarke obituary
My friend Geoffrey Clarke, who has died aged 76 after a heart attack, will be chiefly remembered for his radiant generosity. I met him in 2001, when I joined the Poetry for Pleasure group in Hove, East...
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Agnes Cato obituary
My mother-in-law, Agnes Cato, who has died aged 86, worked at her legal practice in Kingstown, on the Caribbean island of St Vincent, until the day she died. She combined devout Christianity with a...
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Leo Steinberg obituary
Art historian and critic known for his elegant investigations of Renaissance paintingsLeo Steinberg, who has died aged 90, was one of the most brilliant and original art historians of his generation....
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Unilever shuts final salary pension
Unilever says it will close its final salary scheme as it has become 'unaffordable and unsustainable'Household goods group Unilever has become the latest firm to drop its final salary pension scheme in...
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Letter: David Tench obituary
Giles Oakley writes: I got to know David Tench (obituary, 23 March) through his involvement in the Labour party in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, where he was an inspirational figure in the 1960s and 70s,...
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Ex-Sesame Street writer makes Orange prize shortlist with first novel
Kathleen Winter and Emma Donoghue among novelists who will compete for £30,000 prize in strong year for female writersA former Sesame Street writer's first novel, which tells the story of a child born...
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Letter: Elizabeth Taylor obituary
W Stephen Gilbert writes: My best pal Tony and I played Faustus and Mephistopheles respectively in our school production of Marlowe's play, so when, shortly afterwards, the Oxford University Drama...
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Batman takes on the world with £12m stage extravaganza
Comic-book hero tours with Gotham City sets and a Batmobile. But not, director insists after Spiderman's musical tangle, songsThere will be bats. And flying. And huge sets. And spectacular special...
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Allied Irish Banks apologises for losing €18bn
Executive chairman David Hodgkinson blames AIB meltdown on 'collective madness'Allied Irish Banks has apologised for the €18bn of investors' money wiped out by years of mismanagement and reckless...
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Southern Cross chairman quits
• Ray Miles of Southern Cross steps down ahead of financial restructuring• Cash-strapped nursing homes operator turns to government for supportSouthern Cross Healthcare, the country's biggest nursing...
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Adam Lusekelo obituary
Tanzanian journalist who became a popular Radio 4 presenterThe journalist and broadcaster Adam Lusekelo, who has died aged 56, after suffering from diabetes, was a prominent figure in the Tanzanian...
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Cash-strapped consumers go on a spending strike
Sterling fell sharply as the City reassessed the chances of an early increase in interest ratesYou don't need to be a genius to work out what is happening to the UK economy. Indeed, Tuesday's inflation...
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Sir Simon Milton obituary
As deputy mayor of London, he stabilised Boris Johnson's regimeSir Simon Milton, who has died suddenly aged 49, was the chief of staff to Boris Johnson and one of the mayor of London's deputies. He had...
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A Butcher of Distinction – review
King's Head, LondonRapidly transferred from the Cock Tavern, which has been forced to close, this 75-minute play by Rob Hayes proves weirdly compelling. Although the image of three men trapped in a...
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Sam Amidon – review
Vortex, LondonThere is an air of butter-wouldn't-melt impishness about American folk singer Sam Amidon, something teasing that keeps you on your toes. He gives this impression partly because he has the...
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Alban Gerhardt – review
Hoddinott Hall, CardiffThe calm authority and probing insight that Alban Gerhardt brings to his performances make him one of the finest cellists around. Everything is put at the service of the music;...
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Educating Agnes – review
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghOn its debut three years ago, Liz Lochhead's reworking of Molière's L'Ecole des Femmes came across as cheeky, witty and linguistically playful. Theatre Babel's staging, by...
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